“Saturday Night Live” comedian Dana Carvey, “Father of Rock and Roll” Chuck Berry, groundbreaking film director John Waters and performances of hot Broadway shows “In the Heights” and “Shrek the Musical” highlight the 2011-2012 season of the State Theatre in..

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Mike Kelley, an influential Los Angeles artist whose physically messy and psychologically complex projects laid the groundwork for present-day installation art, has died. He was 57.
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